VIDEO: Venezuela's Pres. Hugo Chavez dead at 58

A woman reads a newspaper as she stands by a wall covered with posters showing Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez pictured with his daughters Maria Gabriela, and Rosa Virginia, outside the military hospital in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 5, 2013.Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo

Published March 05. 2013 5:00PM

Updated March 05. 2013 6:47PM

Associated Press

Publication: theday.com

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Vice President Nicolas Maduro says Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has died at age 58.

The populist leader of oil-rich Venezuela became Latin America's most vocal and controversial leader and was Washington's chief antagonist in the region.